How can we Improve Packback Questions?

Packback's product team wants to hear your suggestions about how we can make Packback Questions more useful, friendly, and curiosity-inspiring!

Here's what each of the statuses below mean:

Under Consideration: We are aware of this suggestion and agree that it could be valuable, but are still gathering data.
Planned: This suggestion is in our product backlog and is planned for release in the next 3-6 months.
Not Planned: Based on our product purpose and current team resources, we do not expect this suggestion to be worked on in the next 6 months.
Done: This improvement is now live in Packback Questions!

Please note: This list does not reflect Packback's full roadmap; the list below is limited to improvements and iteration on existing features in the Packback Questions platform. Large-scale features are not included here.

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2 votes

Show student small group in their profile

Suggested by: Anne Olson (22 Feb, '21) • Upvoted: 24 Feb, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

• Would be nice if the “back to community” button took us back to the individual section we were jus

Suggested by: Marc Magellan (10 Feb, '21) • Upvoted: 01 Oct, '21 • Comments: 0

Planned

2 votes

Close options tab when you click out of it

Suggested by: Cody Buczkowski (09 Feb, '21) • Upvoted: 11 Feb, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

Create penality for students who plagiarize multiple times in 1 term

Suggested by: Anne Olson (26 Jan, '21) • Upvoted: 05 Mar, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

Add "response to professor's question" option in the gradebook

Suggested by: Albert Belllera (21 Jan, '21) • Upvoted: 22 Mar, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

Hiding the Learner Leaderboard from students

Suggested by: Kathryn Stegeman (03 Dec, '20) • Upvoted: 23 Feb, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

Suggested Coaching Emails

Suggested by: Matthew Jungclaus (07 Oct, '20) • Upvoted: 17 May, '21 • Comments: 0

Planned

2 votes

Make a filter for Prof & TA's where they can find discussion threads for a specific grading period.

Suggested by: Gianna Cumba (24 Sep, '20) • Upvoted: 22 Mar, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

Alert student before post submission that their post doesn't meet the minimum Curiosity Score

Suggested by: Molly Skjei (18 Sep, '20) • Upvoted: 17 May, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

When opening a posts, open it on the same page instead of a new page

Suggested by: Rakeeta (17 Sep, '20) • Upvoted: 02 Dec, '21 • Comments: 0

Planned

2 votes

Allow professors to override the grades within the platform's gradebook

Suggested by: Kathryn Stegeman (31 Aug, '20) • Upvoted: 22 Mar, '21 • Comments: 0

Planned

2 votes

Add a filter to show posts you've sparked or responded to.

Suggested by: Packback Professor Suggestion (23 Jun, '20) • Upvoted: 22 Mar, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

Include rules and current debate topic information on a side panel

Suggested by: Lucia Summers (26 May, '20) • Upvoted: 22 Mar, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

Additional report option for only scores

Suggested by: Brook Milligan (11 Mar, '20) • Upvoted: 19 Apr, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

Add "average score" to summary statistics

Suggested by: Brook Milligan (11 Mar, '20) • Upvoted: 11 May, '21 • Comments: 0

Planned

2 votes

Add bio section to profile so that students can share information about themselves

Suggested by: Vicki (24 Feb, '20) • Upvoted: 09 Mar, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

Notification to professor when a student has been moderated 3+ times for plagiarism

Suggested by: Anne (08 Feb, '20) • Upvoted: 28 Apr, '21 • Comments: 0

Under consideration

2 votes

Add links to profile avatar images to make it easier to access student community profiles.

Suggested by: Product Design at Packback (21 Nov, '19) • Upvoted: 06 Mar, '20 • Comments: 0

Under consideration General User Experience

2 votes

Add a "Request new Avatar feature" option to take in requests for new hair, features, colors, etc.

Suggested by: Product Design at Packback (14 Nov, '19) • Upvoted: 14 Nov, '19 • Comments: 0

Planned Account Settings

2 votes

Add an "Account" page, instead of having all Account options listed in dropdown menu in the top nav.

Suggested by: Product Design at Packback (14 Nov, '19) • Upvoted: 14 Nov, '19 • Comments: 0

Planned Account Settings